Arlington vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4975
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2066
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$304
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3412
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	77	96
🏙️ Population	394K	3.78M

The cost of living in Arlington is 16% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 2476th and 1418th ($1856 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 2nd in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Berlin. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Berlin ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 1375th and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Berlin

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	Arlington	Berlin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$66.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$13.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$277
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$8887
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$6036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$4.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$28.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$9480

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1868
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1893
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1892
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1862
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1888
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1902
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1851
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1887
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1841
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1826
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1856
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1862
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1810
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1839
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1826
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1822
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1681
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1852
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1484
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1567
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1430
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1363
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1425
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1424
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1471
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1501
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1479
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1435
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1411
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1166
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1422
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1113
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446